Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, home to about 603,000 people, and you would surface in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 24.4667° S, 125.6334° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.4667° N, 54.3666° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.4667° S, 125.6334° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 269 km (167 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 2,597 km (1,614 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Abu Dhabi's antipode is in open water, in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 269 km (167 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,597 km (1,614 miles) from the point.
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174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Abu Dhabi; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.4667° N becomes 24.4667° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (54.3666° E becomes 125.6334° W). More on how antipodes work.
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